AKC registering

[Sirrahsim]

Do I need to submit this paperwork to get Ginger registered? What benefit is there in getting her official papers?? DO I risk missing out on anything if I don't send them in?
Just curious if it is worth the $20 registration fee.

[Freedom]

Are you going to breed or spay? If you are going to spay, there really isn't any point. The money should go towards having her microchipped. IMO.

[wolf_Q]

Unless you are planning to show, breed, or compete in AKC events, there's really no point to it. I registered Keva, it was after I had her spayed so obviously I had no intentions of showing or breeding her. However I thought there's a slim chance I may try agility with her or something, and its more expensive to register them years later, so I registered her.

[Sirrahsim]

She will be spayed and microchiping is required where I live anyway. It's only $15 to get her chipped so it won't break the bank I thought about agility somewhere down the road but realistically I don't think that I would ever find the time. Hmmm...

[binka_nugget]

You do need to send the papers in to have her registered. There really aren't any benefits unless you plan on showing in conformation, AKC agility, etc. If you're thinking about the possibility of doing agility with the AKC down the road, I'd send the papers in anyways since you never know how you'll feel down the road. It's much more expensive sending them in late.

[Logan]

That seemed to be the thing to do when I had Honey and Lilly as puppies, even though I never showed them, bred them or ever needed their Pedigrees or registrations. AKC made some money off of me! LOL!!! But, sometimes people like to track that line and the AKC can help with that. But, to tell you the truth, when we got Mack, we never did register him. It just seemed silly since he was here as a pet, not a show dog and we definitely did not want to breed him, although we had people ask about us doing that. I'm glad now that we didn't ever consider it.